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The reliability of the Nikon brand is based on high-level technological power and ongoing R&D activities since the company’s establishment in 1917.
Nikon technologies are active not only in Nikon’s core products such as cameras, microscopes and IC steppers/scanners, but they also squarely support innovation in leading-edge science, and they contribute to the development of society and industry as a whole. This corner casts light on Nikon technologies from various perspectives.
Nikon oversees the manufacture of FOCAS, an observation instrument used with the Subaru Telescope. The telescope plays an important part in the discovery of distant galaxies.
With optical and precision technologies as its core, Nikon is pursuing long-term R&D in various fields, including digital, control, and information and communication technologies.